Unscored severity · published Dec 13, 2013
CVE-2013-4568
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Sanitizer::checkCss in MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site…
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CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Sanitizer::checkCss in MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via certain non-ASCII characters in CSS, as demonstrated using variations of "expression" containing (1) full width characters or (2) IPA extensions, which are converted and rendered by Internet Explorer.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
1.20; 1.20.1; 1.20.2; 1.20.3; 1.20.4; 1.20.5; +17 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4568
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4568
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/122998.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.html
lists.wikimedia.org
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-November/000135.html
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/57472
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2891
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63761
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